Full coverage of Ranji Trophy 2021- 2022 Championship in India with live scores, latest news, videos, schedule, fixtures, results and ball by ball commentary. The competition currently consists of 38 teams, with all 28 states and four of the eight union territories in India.
Ranji Trophy – The Upcoming Matches (Mar-Apr)
| Feb 17, Thu | Delhi vs Tamil Nadu, Elite Group H | 10:30 PM EST / 03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati |
| Feb 17, Thu | Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh, Elite Group H | 10:30 PM EST / 03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Nehru Stadium, Guwahati |
| Feb 17, Thu | Bihar vs Mizoram, Plate | 10:30 PM EST / 03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata |
| Feb 17, Thu | Nagaland vs Sikkim, Plate | 10:30 PM EST / 03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Videocon Academy Ground, Saltair, Kolkata |
| Feb 17, Thu | Hyderabad vs Chandigarh, Elite Group B | 10:30 PM EST / 03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Vikas Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar |
| Feb 17, Thu | Bengal vs Baroda, Elite Group B | 10:30 PM EST / 03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
| Feb 17, Thu | Manipur vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate | 10:30 PM (Feb 16)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Calcutta Cricket and Football Ground, Kolkata |
| Feb 17, Thu | Gujarat vs Madhya Pradesh, Elite Group A | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot |
| Feb 17, Thu | Maharashtra vs Assam, Elite Group G | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak |
| Feb 17, Thu | Vidarbha vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite Group G | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Gurgaon Cricket Ground (SRNCC), Sultanpur, Gurgaon |
| Feb 17, Thu | Haryana vs Tripura, Elite Group F | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Palam A Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 17, Thu | Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite Group F | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 17, Thu | Kerala vs Meghalaya, Elite Group A | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot |
| Feb 17, Thu | Karnataka vs Railways, Elite Group C | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai |
| Feb 17, Thu | Jammu and Kashmir vs Puducherry, Elite Group C | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai |
| Feb 17, Thu | Saurashtra vs Mumbai, Elite Group D | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 17, Thu | Odisha vs Goa, Elite Group D | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 17, Thu | Andhra vs Rajasthan, Elite Group E | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL St Xavier’s College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Feb 17, Thu | Services vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group E | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Feb 24, Thu | Manipur vs Mizoram, Plate | 10:30 PM (Feb 23)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata |
| Feb 24, Thu | Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate | 10:30 PM (Feb 23)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Videocon Academy Ground, Saltair, Kolkata |
| Feb 24, Thu | Delhi vs Jharkhand, Elite Group H | 10:30 PM (Feb 23)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati |
| Feb 24, Thu | Bihar vs Sikkim, Plate | 10:30 PM (Feb 23)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Feb 24, Thu | Baroda vs Chandigarh, Elite Group B | 10:30 PM (Feb 23)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Vikas Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar |
| Feb 24, Thu | Bengal vs Hyderabad, Elite Group B | 10:30 PM (Feb 23)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
| Feb 24, Thu | Karnataka vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group C | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Indian Institute of Technology Chemplast Ground, Chennai |
| Feb 24, Thu | Gujarat vs Kerala, Elite Group A | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot |
| Feb 24, Thu | Rajasthan vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group E | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Feb 24, Thu | Tamil Nadu vs Chhattisgarh, Elite Group H | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Nehru Stadium, Guwahati |
| Feb 24, Thu | Uttar Pradesh vs Assam, Elite Group G | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak |
| Feb 24, Thu | Vidarbha vs Maharashtra, Elite Group G | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Gurgaon Cricket Ground (SRNCC), Sultanpur, Gurgaon |
| Feb 24, Thu | Himachal Pradesh vs Tripura, Elite Group F | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Palam A Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 24, Thu | Railways vs Puducherry, Elite Group C | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai |
| Feb 24, Thu | Saurashtra vs Odisha, Elite Group D | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 24, Thu | Mumbai vs Goa, Elite Group D | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 24, Thu | Andhra vs Services, Elite Group E | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL St Xavier’s College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Feb 24, Thu | Punjab vs Haryana, Elite Group F | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Mar 03, Thu | Nagaland vs Mizoram, Plate | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Mar 03, Thu | Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Videocon Academy Ground, Saltair, Kolkata |
| Mar 03, Thu | Tamil Nadu vs Jharkhand, Elite Group H | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Nehru Stadium, Guwahati |
| Mar 03, Thu | Delhi vs Chhattisgarh, Elite Group H | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati |
| Mar 03, Thu | Manipur vs Sikkim, Plate | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground, Kolkata |
| Mar 03, Thu | Bengal vs Chandigarh, Elite Group B | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
| Mar 03, Thu | Baroda vs Hyderabad, Elite Group B | 10:30 PM (Mar 02)03:30 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL Vikas Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar |
| Mar 03, Thu | Railways vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite Group C | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Indian Institute of Technology Chemplast Ground, Chennai |
| Mar 03, Thu | Gujarat vs Meghalaya, Elite Group A | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot |
| Mar 03, Thu | Madhya Pradesh vs Kerala, Elite Group A | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot |
| Mar 03, Thu | Uttar Pradesh vs Maharashtra, Elite Group G | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Gurgaon Cricket Ground (SRNCC), Sultanpur, Gurgaon |
| Mar 03, Thu | Vidarbha vs Assam, Elite Group G | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak |
| Mar 03, Thu | Himachal Pradesh vs Haryana, Elite Group F | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Palam A Stadium, Delhi |
| Mar 03, Thu | Punjab vs Tripura, Elite Group F | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Mar 03, Thu | Rajasthan vs Services, Elite Group E | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Mar 03, Thu | Andhra vs Uttarakhand, Elite Group E | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL St Xavier’s College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Mar 03, Thu | Mumbai vs Odisha, Elite Group D | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad |
| Mar 03, Thu | Saurashtra vs Goa, Elite Group D | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Mar 03, Thu | Karnataka vs Puducherry, Elite Group C | 11:00 PM EST / 04:00 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai |
The 2021–22 Ranji Trophy, is scheduled to be the 87th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. Initially, it was scheduled to take place from 13 January to 20 March 2022 but on 4 January 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to an increase of COVID-19 cases in India. The BCCI announced that they would try to host the league stage of the Ranji Trophy before the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League in April.
The First Class Cricket Championship – The Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship in India. The championship trophy is played between teams representing regional cricket associations. The competition is currently played between 38 teams. The Ranji Trophy competition is named after former Indian cricketer Ranjitsinhji or ‘Ranji’. Mumbai has won this competition the most no of times (41 times).
There are many ways to enter the Indian cricket team and these routes are decided after the best performance in domestic cricket. The most prominent in domestic cricket is the Ranji Trophy. Many players of Team India have entered the team through this route. The domestic cricket structure in India, that we see today in its current state, has been developed in decades. That’s the reason why we see a fresh and talented bunch of pace bowlers in the international setup. BCCI has worked really hard by investing financially in the infrastructure, maintenance, finding/identifying talented players and grooming them up. This has also improved the standard of Ranji cricket throughout these years.
History of Ranji Trophy
The Indian Cricket team started playing test cricket in 1933 at the time of British rule. The ‘Ranji’ trophy was started in the name of Ranjit Singh Vibhaji Jadeja as the team’s player and his skills. The Ranji Trophy was held for the first time in July 1934. The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at Chepauk Stadium.
In the history of Indian cricket, Ranjit Singh was the first such player in the country, who got the opportunity to play in the England cricket team.
Key Facts
- The first match of Ranji Trophy was played on 4 November 1934. At Chepauk Stadium, Chennai. Between the team of Madras and Mysore.
- Ranji’s first century Hyderabad player S. M. Hadi’s name. He scored 132 runs in the first season against Mumbai in Secunderabad.
- The initial name of Ranji Trophy was ‘Cricket Championship of India’.
- Later it was named after Maharaja Ranjit Singhji, who was the king of Nawanagar princely state of India. Although Ranjit Singhji never played cricket for India.
- Most of the teams playing Ranji Trophy are the state teams of India.
- Mumbai has been the most successful team in the history of Ranji Trophy. Mumbai has won the trophy 41 times in total.
- Railways and Services (Army) teams also play in Ranji.
- Before independence, Ranji Trophy playing teams were mostly princely states.
- There was a time when it was almost impossible to defeat Mumbai. From 1958 to 1973 he held the trophy for 15 consecutive times.
- Wasim Jaffer is the highest run scorer in this tournament. He has scored more than 10,000 runs. Apart from this, Amol Majumdar of Mumbai is also a big batting name in Ranji.
Playing Ranji as a ticket to Indian Cricket team
Not all the players get to play for the National team. It is difficult for the selectors to short-list a bunch of players for a big lot of Ranji teams (38 in total). There are players like Amarjeet Kaypee, Wasim Jaffer and Amol Muzumdar who have spent ages in Ranji cricket but never played or played very little for the national team.
Nowadays, people say that IPL is the platform to perform and impress the selectors but that isn’t true. You become a promising player with raw talent by brilliant performance in IPL. The player is then pushed to domestic cricket (Ranji) and there the raw players are converted to experienced players and catch the eyes of the selectors.
IPL is not always the initial path of journey to Indian team. The nourishment starts from under-14, under-16, under-17 and specially under-19. Playing under-19 world-cup is also the stepping stone for a player to reach the Ranji team, IPL and finally make a debut for India.
There are some talented players like Chetshwar Pujara, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari who played less IPL games but made their way into the team via test cricket.
Ranji Trophy is also the platform for revival of their(players) test careers. Players who are out of form at the international level can anyday come back and play the Ranji games to improve their ability, skills, work on their weaknesses, etc and afterwards make a comeback into the international arena.
Ranji Trophy Winners with most titles
Although there are 29 states in Indian there are 38 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy: Mumbai has won the most titles in the history of Ranji Trophy.
| TEAMS | TITLES |
| Mumbai (Bombay) | 41 |
| Karnataka (Mysore) | 8 |
| Delhi | 7 |
| Punjab | 0 |
| Railways | 2 |
| Saurashtra | 1 |
| Goa | 0 |
| Vidarbha | 2 |
| Bengal | 2 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 |
| Assam | 0 |
| Odisha | 0 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0 |
| Andra | 0 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0 |
| Rajasthan | 2 |
| Maharashtra | 2 |
| Baroda | 5 |
| Jharkhand | 0 |
| Haryana | 1 |
| Hyderabad | 2 |
| Gujarat | 1 |
| Kerala | 0 |
| Services (Army) | 0 |
| Puducherry | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 0 |
| Uttrakhand | 0 |
| Sikkim | 0 |
| Nagaland | 0 |
| Manipur | 0 |
| Tripura | 0 |
| Bihar | 0 |
| Chattisgarh | 0 |
| Chandigarh | 0 |
| Mizoram | 0 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 0 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0 |
| Meghalaya | 0 |
Ranji Trophy Teams
The following 38 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy:
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Ranji Trophy Championship FAQs
When does the 2021 – 2022 Ranji Trophy begin?
The BCCI announced that they would try to host the league stage of the Ranji Trophy before the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League in April.
How many teams are participating in this season?
A total of 38 teams are participating in the Ranji Trophy this season in 2021-22 that also includes 29 states and four of the eight union territories in India.
Are the Ranji matches telecasted on television?
More than 10 matches are played in a single day, hence it is difficult for the broadcasters to telecast so many matches. However, some matches of popular teams and the important matches like quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are telecasted on television. You can watch the matches on Star Sports network, Jio Cricket or stream it live on hotstar.
How many matches will all teams play?
A total of 150 matches will be played in Ranji Trophy 2020-21 season.
Do we see the audience in the stands?
Not really to be honest. Although the tickets are feasible or sometimes free of cost there isn’t much of a crowd. Occasionally the fans come to watch the matches when star players like Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw etc play for their respective state teams.